इति ते ज्ञानमाख्यातं गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं मया ।विमृश्यैतदशेषेण यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु ॥
iti te jñānam ākhyātaṃ guhyād guhyataraṃ mayā |vimṛśyaitad aśeṣeṇa yathecchasi tathā kuru ||
- इति · iti
- thus
- ते · te
- to you
- ज्ञानम् · jñānam
- knowledge
- आख्यातम् · ākhyātam
- declared
- गुह्यात् · guhyāt
- than the secret
- गुह्यतरम् · guhyataraṃ
- more secret
- मया · mayā
- by me
- विमृश्य · vimṛśya
- having reflected
- एतत् · etat
- on this
- अशेषेण · aśeṣeṇa
- fully
- यथा · yathā
- as
- इच्छसि · icchasi
- you wish
- तथा · tathā
- so
- कुरु · kuru
- act
“Thus I have declared to you knowledge more secret than the secret; reflect on it fully, then act as you wish.”
— Original plain-language translation
After the whole teaching, Krishna startlingly frees Arjuna: reflect fully, then choose. The Gita commands reflection, not blind obedience — freedom is the precondition of genuine surrender. This liberty makes the surrender of 18.66 a gift rather than coercion.
— Reader's notes (original)